Summary
Lance Niles is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of professional experience and over eight years at Google, where he serves as a Staff-level contributor focused on large-scale engineering problems. His background spans mobile leadership and principal engineering roles at SpotX and embedded/architectural work at Saris and Cardinal Peak, giving him a rare blend of systems, mobile, and IoT-adjacent expertise. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he excels at translating product needs into robust, maintainable systems and mentoring teams through complex technical transitions. Notably, his career trajectory shows a steady move from hands-on architecture to strategic technical leadership within both startup and hyperscale environments.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire